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    InReach

    Also there is no charge applied to your text total for Inreach to Inreach texts and I believe no charge to your text limit for preset texts.
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    InReach

    We use the Inreach. Inreach uses phone number or email whichever you prefer. I send messages to both. The Inreach has a number attached to it. You can also receive messages from anyone that has the #. I use it on my boat and on hunting trips. On hunting trips where I have no cell service I...
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    Montana general HD Archery Elk

    Yes sir we always have a good time. We are there for two week give or take a day. The drive is the killer 5k round trip! Oil change before you leave and when you get back!
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    Montana general HD Archery Elk

    Thanks everyone. I took lots of pics this trip. A few more to share https://youtube.com/shorts/xFJpxfRN3GE?feature=share
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    Montana general HD Archery Elk

    Hey guys and gals. It's been a while! Been around but since my dad passed a little over a year ago I have had a lot going on. Last year I didn't draw a general Elk tag which in reality ended up being a good thing with dad being sick and then passing close to Elk season. This year we...
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    Backcountry Questions

    You don't need much it goes a long long way. You only have to mist the the meat. Used in the food industry all the time.
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    Weather in the back country, how do you follow it ?

    I started using a inreach this year and you get weather with the subscription. That was nice since last year we almost got snowed in!!
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    Backcountry Questions

    First learn to debone the carcass. You will loose a ton of bone weight for packing out. Second get four or five of these meat bags from Kifaru they only weigh 1oz each. https://store.kifaru.net/meat-bag-p28.aspx You can pack up to 80lbs of boned meat in each one. They are great because they...
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    Backcountry or Base camp?

    *So you want to be a Elk Hunter they tell me!!" Comfort is over rated when Elk hunting the High Country!! Haaaa.... Just joking there Guys and Gals!! I used to base camp then spike out many years ago. Ummm Now days maybe a little older and maybe not wiser I prefer to pack in for a week at a...
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    Bull Breeding Call - Identification

    The bull following the one I shot this year was making a mewing like a cow. I thought it was a cow till it came down the same trail I just shot my bull on.
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    The 2020 Elk Success Thread

    I thought I would move this to the Elk section. Was a tough few weeks in Montana. Lots of high Temps, lots of smoke, and lots of hunters excessive calling. Been Elk hunting since the 1990s and it gets worse every year. Folks watching way to many TV elk hunts. I had to make some changes after the...
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    Elk Hunting Tricks

    Glass more, call less, figure them out then move in and one.
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    New Gear This Year?

    The full size. Worked flawlessly while I was in the montana backcountry for two in a half weeks. I only found one spot where I couldn't get a satellite conformation and it was in a steep, high,, narrow drainage. Other than that once it worked great. It also works 100% on the boat off the coast.
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    New Gear This Year?

    A new Angle compensating range finder and a Inreach Explorer to keep the wife happy. The Inreach is well worth the money!
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    2020 EHJ Success Thread

    Thank you its been a tough year. I was glad to get him. Wish you good luck for your hunting season!
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    2020 EHJ Success Thread

    Was a tough few weeks in Montana. Lots of high Temps, lots of smoke, and lots of hunters excessive calling. Been Elk hunting since the 1990s and it gets worse every year. Folks watching way to many TV elk hunts. I had to make some changes after the first week as the Elk went silent. Did...
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    Inreach Mini

    My buddy has the standard Inreach. It worked very well/ we had no idea the weather in Montana was going to go to crap last week. He received a text from a buddy telling him. Well we came out after seven days and everyone was gone. Weather did go to crap. The weather was supposed to be perfect...
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    Call Wise Bulls

    I guess my issue is they know they are pushing them. They think they can catch up with them. Not going to happen. Calling is fine but every 5 to ten minutes is ridiculous. If you hear a bull try to move in closer and see what you are dealing with don't call him into the next county. Not one of...
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    Call Wise Bulls

    I wish more people would read this. Everyone watches TV Elk hunts and the show bugling every few minutes. When I was in Montana in Mid Sept I can't tell you how many Elk I watched move either to another drainage or into Idaho. More than a few hunters were lighting up a bugle every 50yds. It was...
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    Do elk bugle much in SW Montana - units 314/360/362????

    I can tell you that the hunters were bugling their a$$s off!! Havent heard anything like it in my life!! Sounded like a bad elk hunting show 10x. It was so bad ........ that's all I will say!!